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Posted (10/27/2011) - DAYTONA, Fla. (October 26, 2011) - With the recent conclusion of the 2011 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series comes the announcement that, from a field of 25 teams, four team owners have been named as candidates for the 2011 Rolex Bob Snodgrass Award of Excellence, presented by Gorsline Company. The award recipient will be chosen by a panel of motorsports professionals and named on Friday, January 27, 2012, during the Grand Marshal dinner which is the traditional prelude to the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The 2011 honoree will be presented with a specially-engraved Rolex Stainless Steel and Platinum Yacht-Master timepiece.
Joe Sahlen of Team Sahlen Racing (Buffalo, N.Y.) John Stevenson of Stevenson Motorsports (Jacksonville, N.C.) Sylvain Tremblay of SpeedSource (Sunrise, Fla.) About Bob Snodgrass - Snodgrass, who passed away in 2007 at the age of 64, was president of Brumos Racing, and president and CEO of the Brumos auto dealerships in Jacksonville, Fla., where he lived for 35 years. As a team owner he had three Rolex 24 At Daytona wins (Brumos Racing has eight) and a total of 10 wins at Daytona. He was a driving force behind the formation of the Grand American Road Racing Association and the Daytona Prototype class. Born in Elmira, N.Y., he saw his first race at Watkins Glen, N.Y., and was hooked. Famous for his humor and wit and an accomplished vintage-car racer, Snodgrass (and Peter Gregg, who owned Brumos Porsche from 1965 until his death in 1980) was instrumental in Brumos' entry into motorsports. About Rolex Motorsports - Rolex's presence in motorsports began in the 1930s with Malcolm Campbell. While wearing a Rolex Oyster in 1935, he was the first person to drive an automobile over 300 miles per hour, setting a new land speed record. Rolex truly solidified its position in the sport in 1959 when it began an association with the Daytona International Speedway in Florida and later became the title sponsor of its pre-eminent endurance race, the Rolex 24 At Daytona, in 1992. It was shortly after its initial affiliation with the race track that Rolex introduced a watch designed for lovers of speed, the Cosmograph Daytona, which allowed its wearer to clock elapsed times and calculate average speeds. Rolex is involved in sponsorships of some of the most prestigious events in the motorsport industry. Endurance races such as the Rolex 24 At Daytona, The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the Rolex Sports Car Series have been a critical piece of the Rolex portfolio. In addition, About Gorsline Company - Gorsline Company, headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., pioneered the business of providing insurance for high-risk professionals. The company specializes in providing racing drivers and owners creative, custom designed insurance packages and estate planning strategies. For daily reports from the Rolex 24 At Daytona and high-resolution images for editorial use in print media, please register on www.caracingnews.com <http://www.caracingnews.com/> . |
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